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Yoga pose. From Redbook (May 1968).
Jon Abbot, Forward Bend, 1968. From Redbook (May 1968). Courtesy ProQuest and Hearst.
An article on yoga published in Redbook magazine in 1968 demonstrates how yoga was practiced in the United States in the 1960s.
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Abbot, Jon. Forward Bend, 1968. Photograph. From "Yoga--A Beginner's Guide to Relaxation." Redbook 131, no. 1 (May 1968): 95-99, 116. https://login.libproxy.newschool.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1807550839?accountid=12261.
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Francis Bedford, Stratford on Avon Church from the Avon, 1860s. Albumen print of collodion negative, 18.8 × 28.0 cm. Rochester, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House.
Friedrich Overbeck and Peter Cornelius, double portrait, pencil drawing, 1812. Formerly in the Collection Lehnsen, Scarsdale, New York.
Qualls, Larry. "Ruled" by Type A (Adam Ames and Andrew Bordwin). Photograph of installation composed of string and 2000 plumb bobs, with gallery door in background. Goff & Rosenthal Gallery, New York. Fall 2009. ARTstor.
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Abbot, Jon. "Forward Bend." 1968. Photograph. From "Yoga--A Beginner's Guide to Relaxation." Redbook 131, no. 1 (May 1968): 95-99, 116. https://login.libproxy.newschool.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/1807550839?accountid=12261.
Shen, Miranda. "The cult of the supermodel reached its peak in the early Nineties...Here supermodel Cindy Crawford, clad in a Gianni Versace 'bondage' gown, reports on the MTV Video Music Awards in 1992." From Worsley, Harriet. Decades of Fashion. Koenemann/Getty Images, 2004: 729.
*Look for a page at the end of the book called "Picture Credits," "Sources of Illustrations," etc.
Ectomorph. "Suit." Motorcycle jacket and jeans made of latex rubber. 1986 (designed) and 1994 (made). From Victoria & Albert Museum (T.240, 241-1994). Accessed September 10, 2015. http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O233520/suit-ectomorph.
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O’Sullivan, Timothy, photographer. “[Incidents of the war. A Harvest of Death, Gettysburg, July 1863.]” Photograph. Washington, D.C.: Philip & Solomons, c1865. From Library of Congress, Selected Civil War Photographs, 1861-1865. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003001110/PP (accessed January 9, 2006).
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Wurts Brothers. "Women's Lounge at Radio City Music Hall." 1933. From Museum of the City of New York (X2010.7.2.5659). Accessed September 10, 2015. http://collections.mcny.org/Collection/[Women's-lounge-at-Radio-City-Music-Hall.]-24UFQE9Z1YU.html.Garcia, Anna. "Contents of my bag." 2018. Author's Photograph.
AKM-GSI. Alexa Chung at airport. 2017. From Ward, Mari. "Alexa Chung's Stealth Airport Styling Trick is a No-Brainer." April 20, 2017. Vogue.com. http://www.vogue.com/article/alexa-chung-airport-celebrity-style.
The Row. Fall 2017 collection, Look 1. Beige coat dress. Model: Angel Rutledge. From slideshow for Phelps, Nicole. "Fall 2017 Ready-to-Wear: The Row." February 14, 2017. Vogue.com. http://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2017-ready-to-wear/row/slideshow/collection#1.
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Wargo, Theo. "'Actor Laura Gomez attends the 'Samba' Premiere during 2017 Tribeca Film Festival at Cinepolis Chelsea on April 20, 2017 in New York City." Getty Images #670876632. http://www.gettyimages.com/license/670876632.
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Photographer Unknown. Fashion blogger Aimee Song at Coachella. 2017. Instagram: Aimee Song @songofstyle. https://www.instagram.com/p/BS_HRi9jnSX/?taken-by=songofstyle.
Photographer Unknown. "Chelsea Pace Setters." Young woman riding a bicycle. 1960s? Flickr: National Science and Media Museum, UK @nationalmediamuseum. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/14143472597.